Posición Común de América Latina y el Caribe sobre Cambio Climático y Salud

The document argues that climate change severely impacts the physical and mental health of populations in Latin America and the Caribbean, exacerbating existing socioeconomic and structural inequalities. It identifies critical gaps in health system resilience, a lack of climate-health integration in professional education, and insufficient financing, noting that only 11.6% of Green Climate Fund projects in the region explicitly include health benefits. To address these, the Common Position advocates for the full application of climate justice principles, the strengthening of primary healthcare, and the inclusion of health indicators in the Global Adaptation Goal at COP30 and the Belém Health Action Plan.

• Climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) intensifies health risks including extreme weather events, the spread of dengue and other transmissible diseases, mental health crises, and food insecurity, disproportionately affecting rural, indigenous, Afro-descendant, and marginalized urban communities.
• The region faces significant structural gaps in climate-health preparedness: only ten countries have assessed the vulnerability of their health sectors and eleven have adaptation plans. Furthermore, most universities in the region do not yet integrate the link between climate change and health into undergraduate curricula.
• Climate finance for health in the region is insufficient, with health impacts often treated as externalities. Only 11.6% of projects funded by the Green Climate Fund in LAC include explicit health benefits, and there is limited budgetary allocation for health-focused climate measures within National Determined Contributions (NDCs).
• The region's food system contributes to climate emissions and health risks through deforestation and the use of agrochemicals, while simultaneously failing to ensure food security; over 28% of the population faces moderate or severe food insecurity despite the region producing 14% of global food.

APA

Global Climate and Health Alliance (n.d.). Posición Común de América Latina y el Caribe sobre Cambio Climático y Salud. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SP-Executive-Summary.pdf

Chicago

Global Climate and Health Alliance. Posición Común de América Latina y el Caribe sobre Cambio Climático y Salud. n.d. https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SP-Executive-Summary.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{globalclimateandhealthalliancendposicin, author = {{Global Climate and Health Alliance}}, title = {{Posición Común de América Latina y el Caribe sobre Cambio Climático y Salud}}, institution = {Global Climate and Health Alliance}, url = {https://climateandhealthalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SP-Executive-Summary.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }